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Detailed explanation-1: -LONDON-Arnold Wesker, a British playwright who came to prominence in the 1950s with stark dramas about working-class life, many of them influenced by his childhood in a leftist Jewish family in East London, died on Tuesday in Brighton, England. He was 83.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sir Arnold Wesker was the author of 50 plays, four volumes of short stories, two volumes of essays, a book on journalism, a children’s book, extensive journalism, poetry, and other assorted writings. His plays have been translated into up to 20 different languages and performed worldwide.

Detailed explanation-3: -Through Roots Wesker urges working class to fight against existing social system by becoming educated and taking part in discussions to improve their condition. The play is a powerful attack on pop culture which has deadend the intellectuality of working class. .

Detailed explanation-4: -The three plays which make up the Wesker Trilogy (1960)-Chicken Soup with Barley, Roots and I’m Talking about Jerusalem-were first performed at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry between 1958 and 1960.

Detailed explanation-5: -Gene Wilder made his off-Broadway debut in the 1961 New York City production as Frankie Bryant. In 2008 Jo Combes directed a production at the Royal Exchange, Manchester with Denise Black as Mrs Bryant and Claire Brown as Beatie Bryant.